A Slidell man was booked with second-degree battery after he took a bite out of another man's ear during a bar fight in Metairie Wednesday morning, police said. Deputies said the victim's ear could be permanently disfigured, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report.

JPSOShane Smith, 31, of Slidell, is accused of biting man on the ear during a Metairie bar fight.

The confrontation occurred just before 7 a.m. at J.R.'s Sports Bar and Grill, 7001 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, where Shane Smith, 31, had been having a few cocktails with his ex-girlfriend, an unidentified 28-year-old woman, according to Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.

Smith told deputies that he had given the woman some money to play video poker. He then became irate when she revealed that she did not want to get back together with him, the report said.

That sparked an argument, prompting the woman to walk out of the bar. Smith followed close behind her and allegedly shoved her to the ground, Boyd said.

A 28-year-old friend of the woman who saw the shove tried to intervene. He and Smith ended up in a wrestling match, Boyd said. Smith bashed the good Samaritan over the head with a beer pitcher and then bit him in the ear, police said.

Smith was taken into custody at the bar, according to arrest records. Boyd said the good Samaritan refused medical treatment at the scene and told deputies that he go to a doctor.

The arrest report notes that the man's ear had severe lacerations that would likely require stitches. Deputies also noted that his ear could be permanently disfigured. Smith's ex-girlfriend suffered a cut to her leg and an injury to her face that cause the right side to swell, the report said.

Smith, of 32200 West End Blvd., Slidell, was booked Wednesday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna with second-degree battery and simple battery. He was still being held there Thursday on an $8,000 bond. He could not be reached for comment.